Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel, PGE
SecondaryGold, Cobalt, Silver
TertiarySelenium, Tellurium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formVERTICAL LENS
Ore controlEdge Of Norite Body; Shear Zones That Cross Cut Embayment, Quartz Diorite Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockNorite
StructureShearing, Faults; Deposit In An Embayment Into Footwall Rocks.
Tectonic settingIntracratonic Intrusion Triggered By Meteor Impact
AlterationGranite Altered To Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1901
Discovery year1856
Identification
Deposit ID10038443
MRDS IDM045815
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.46082, -81.16922
References
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